“Unless somebody does this there won’t be a debate about how egregious these agreements are and the amount of duress that victims are put under.”

She claims that the film executive would ask her to massage him while he was in his underwear, when they were alone in hotel rooms.

Her testimony is similar to that of a number of Hollywood actresses – Lupita Nyong’o and Gwyneth Paltrow both claimed Weinstein suggested a massage in his bedroom and hotel room respectively.

Ms Perkins added that she often had to wake him up in the morning and “he would try to pull me into bed”.

Weinstein has apologised for the way he has “behaved with colleagues in the past” and acknowledged that his actions have “caused a lot of pain”.

However, he has said many of the accusations against him are “patently false”, and in a statement to the FT, said he had “confirmed that there were never any acts of retaliation against any women for refusing his advances”.

Ms Perkins is one of scores of accusers who have come forward after a New York Times investigation into Weinstein’s conduct.

Actress Rose McGowan claimed that she reached a $100,000 (£84,000) settlement with Weinstein in 1997 after an alleged incident in a hotel room at the Sundance Film Festival.

The New York Times said a legal document confirming the settlement stipulated it was “not to be construed as an admission”, but intended to “avoid litigation and buy peace”.

Allegations against the 65-year-old are subject to criminal investigations in London, Los Angeles and New York.